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Overview
Natalie Coulton is an associate in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice at Paul Hastings, and is based in the firm’s London office.
Ms. Coulton is a highly experienced IP & Tech lawyer, having worked on matters spanning copyright, trade marks, patents, registered designs, trade secrets and confidential information for clients across a broad array of sectors.
Ms. Coulton’s Medicinal Chemistry degree makes her particularly well placed to advise life sciences clients, but she has an unmatched ability to adapt and quickly understand a broad array of complex inventions, products and technologies across various sectors, including crypto and AI.
Education
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2019, Bachelor of Laws (1st class hons)
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2019, Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (1st class hons)
- College of Law, Sydney, Australia, Practical Legal Training, 2019
Representations
- Representing NASDAQ in its trade mark and breach of confidence action against Finage Ltd, a UK company accused of unlawfully accessing and distributing financial data worth some $9.6 million.
- Representing a major cryptocurrency exchange in actions against various parties for breaching their contractual obligations regarding their use of the cryptocurrency exchange.
- Advising a major tech company on various IP, anti-trust, tax and regulatory implications for its proposed launch of a new product in 19 different jurisdictions.
- Working as part of a cross-jurisdictional team advising a major AI and tech company on aspects of a complex web of trade secret litigation, with proceedings before the Bermuda Supreme Court.
- Advising a leading life sciences client on a patent dispute regarding ownership of an extremely high value medical invention.
- Representing a cryptocurrency client in a trade mark infringement dispute regarding the use of “Keyless Wallet”.
- Advising pro bono clients on various IP issues including trade mark protection and enforcement, partnership agreements for joint initiatives and negotiating contracts for key promotional projects to boost customer engagement and awareness of key issues in the community.
Engagement & Publications
- Jason Raeburn and Natalie Coulton, ‘Court rejects application for summary judgment on claim concerning the rights to resurrect Star Wars character (Tyburn Film Productions Ltd v Broughton and others)’ LexisPSL News Analysis (2024).
- Jason Raeburn and Natalie Coulton, ‘Draft Media Bill to bring Britain’s public service broadcasters into the big leagues’ LexisPSL News Analysis (2023).
- Speaker, Legalwise Seminar Advertising and Marketing Law Conference (2022), ‘Advertising Compliance with the Code and Other Legislation’.
- Natalie Coulton and Dean Gerakiteys, ‘Deja Brew: The registerability of non-English trade marks post-“Cantarella”’ (2022) 127 Intellectual Property Forum: Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand 19-29.
- Jonathan Bonnitcha and Zoe Phillips Williams, ‘State liability for ‘politically’ motivated conduct in the investment treaty regime’ (2019) 33(1) Leiden Journal of International Law 77-100.
Involvement
- Member of the Society of Computers and Law
- Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand